home home home.

it is snowing. i am in mississauga. i am in the condo. i had a productive morning of errands which included a walmart run and a massive grocery spree.

i also raided my mom's closet this morning and found a few treats - i will disperse them throughout the week, a jacket here, a sweater there. should be fantastic.

tomorrow: i will be heading over to the meeting house to get a little bruxy. definitely looking forward to it.

until then, i will be a resident of our most comfortable couch in front of our television.

social geography is my slave.

this morning i wrote my third and final midterm.

i am proud to say that it was written successfully with zero percent bs. 100% knowledge.

congratulations to me.

oh the things we do.

how appropriate is it that i was listening to trusty CBC this morning and lo and behold, 'the current' decides to do a segment on bs. how interesting, i thought to myself as i listened to a guest explain the 'need' for bs in our society. i turned off the radio when the segment was complete and resumed studying for my midterm i was to have later in the evening. commerce 251 (an elective). the day rolled on, i studied, i watched online 'after the show' oprah clips, i studied, i ate, i studied. time came for the exam. five pages long, nineteen short answer questions and one essay question. seemingly on EVERY ARGUMENT in EVERY READING for the semester thus far. i was faced with a dilemma. some questions i knew, but *gasp* some i didn't. as my pen hit the paper, i continued the trusted tradition of old, used by students long long ago - faithfully carried out to this day: the art of bs. i twisted words, came up with definitions and created new theories. at the end, i read over my exam, smiled and handed it in.

seriously, brown people were not made for this kind of weather.

[refer to crazy icy conditions outside.]

yesterday i was looking at some magazines - i wanted to look at the pictures mainly, to see some pretty dresses and be entertained. i emerged from the pile of magazines with a few thoughts:

a) all these celebrities are having a TON of fun, why can't i?
b) wow, it wouldn't hurt to lose a few pounds would it?
c) being rich means you can do anything

then i caught myself and thought "what the HECK?!?" these magazines have such a huge impact on the reader, without them even realizing it. isn't that scary? because really, it DOESN'T matter that j.lo buys coffee at starbucks, or that brad pitt might have a thing for angelina. how does that stuff edify our lives?! it doesn't! but..these headlines subliminally penetrate the minds of even the most level-headed person. we then shape our thoughts on these things and emotions and actions are brought forth as a result. this creeps me out. i mean, i have been taught that worldly things are nothing - riches, fame, fortune - yet my human nature is still intrigued by them. as a Christian i sometimes struggle with the world - but ultimately i must learn to live a life fashioned after God's precepts...this is what He wants for me! there are so many times when i give in, i let these things govern my thinking, my actions...i just need to remember that ' i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me' - even overcome crazy worldly temptations!

i still can't get over the power of those magazines, however...
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the Word says, 'be in the world but not of it' - those who believe in Jesus have heavenly riches in store. when this world passes away, we will rejoice with our Father on streets of gold.

why do we mess up exams?

A year has 365 days for you to study.

After taking away 52 Sundays, there are only 313 days left.

There are 50 days in the summer that is way too hot to work so there are only 263 days left.

We sleep 8 hours a day, in a year, that counts up to 122 days so now we're left with 141 days.

If we fooled around for only 1 hour a day, 15 days are gone, so we are left with 126 days.

We spend 2 hours eating each day, 30 days are used in this way in the year, and we are left with 96 days in our year.

We spend 1 hour a day speaking to friends and family, that takes away 15 days more and we are left with 81 days.

Exams and tests take up at least 35 days in your year, hence you are only left with 46 days.

Taking off approximately 40 days of holidays, you are only left with 6 days.

Say you are sick for a minimum of 3 days, you're left with 3 days in the year to study!

Let's say you only go out for 2 days!

You are left with 1 day! But that 1 day is your birthday...

So, Good luck to everyone on your exams.

six months and counting...trinidad, here we come. i can already taste the doubles and solo, hear the family laughter and feel the heat. mmm...
 

i put some of iris' pics from fabolous up here

snickerdoodles.

the day draws near when midterm season will unleash its fury. are you ready? before you know it, midterm season is over and term paper season rushes in like a bride late for her wedding. my advice to my fellow victims of these phenomena: easy does it - one day at a time, and you will conquer! muah haha.


on another note...i had quite an eventful weekend - friday jas, iris and i went to brenda's house to bake snickerdoodles. and they are fabulous. the lady who submitted the recipe says they are "very popular with my friends at church! my pastor loves them!" these pastor-approved cookies are winners. after baking, we went to qpid's guyanese fundraiser dinner. it was sooo delicious - guyanese food is very similar to trinidadian food, so i was in heaven. it all reminded me of home..! mmmm..oh geez, i gotta wipe that drool off the keyboard. ;) that scrumptious dinner was followed by dance, where we learned a LOT. i don't think i remember much (if any) of it now...dang. saturday- went to chris' for dinner with some folks. he made a great lasagne. sunday - church, breakfast with jasmine at windmills, navs, then praise and power. not a bad day at all!

oh - but the best news of all is that i will be getting a key to the front of our condo building when i go home. my very own key! thing is, they issue two keys to each family that moves into the building, so my bro who lives there now has one, and my parents (currently living in barbados) also have one. problem was that since they had a key, and my bro was probably going to be at work most of the day, i would be housebound for the better part of reading week. but now - no longer! victory is mine! hahaha :) i will be in possession of my own key once i get back. and a note to those nearby - if you want to come visit or hang out at any time, please give me a call!! i have a feeling it might just be me and the condo for a lot of the days!

okay - now i have to get back to preparing for my 45% "test" that is on thursday.

posse out.

gorgeous day.

one thing i love about queen's: you run into people all over campus - every day. today, i ran into about ten people (jasmine, ethan, iris, dan, farron, alli, jess, grace, nicole). no kidding! one day last week, i bumped into about seven people. i love it.

know what else i love? this fabulously early spring-like weather. first day of february and it is gorgeous. let's just see how long this lasts. last time i celebrated the spring weather we got suckerpunched with crazy minus thirtysomething weather. not funny.

speaking of all things fabulous - fabolous is coming to kingston. yes, that's right folks. fa-bo-lo-us. coming. to kingston. oh the dilemma. i think it would be an awesome night. i better make a decision quick.

alright i'm gonna jet - people on msn are demanding my attention. and by people, i mean my mom. yes, she has msn.